Well well, just when you thought that you couldn’t be unique anymore cause your friends had discovered all the secret places you usually shop, Keith and Lottie go ahead and start something revolutionary. Whitegoods provides a ‘blank canvas’ so to speak, for artists and designers, but also for us common people. “Whitegoods will carry a [...]

Trying to get away from music here – let’s delve into another artform, unfortunately appreciated to a much lesser extent than music. I’m introducing Lloyd Hughes – a photographer based in Perth. I’m not an expert in photography, but my dad is a wedding photographer and I’ve gleaned a few things from observation. Photography isn’t [...]

Voltaire twins: “Perth’s freshest electro outfit” – as said on last.fm. These guys make some really catchy dance/pop/indie/electro music and hence that’s probably the reason they’ve been up there on the triple J unearthed charts. They played a few weeks back at the Horror shop, and currently Jaymes Arthur Voltaire. Aka Teen Wolf is also [...]

“Obsessively chosen Band line ups from perth and abroad, aligned with the grandest of DJ’s Playing the classics alongside the hottest new selection of underground indie rock music, all compiled with passion to make you dance to the death and shake your skulls off. The Horror Shop is an environment, forged from the underground to [...]

As the demand for morally and environmentally superior alternatives to the norm has increased, so has supply. With “green is the new black” as their driving motto, plenty of companies have gone to town, fashion industry included. Don’t expect an inferior product if you let your ethics do your spending, though. It’s possible to get [...]

Why? Because it’s cheaper and there’s a much bigger range. I’m not talking about buying from Amazon or online from large retail stores, I’m talking about going straight to the fledgling designers and buying direct. There are massive online communities devoted to providing virtual floorspace to anyone who has something to sell. While this does [...]

That’s right, you’d never find this beauty if you weren’t looking for it. Tucked away in an inconspicuous arcade on Barrack street between the Murray and Hay Street malls, it isn’t obvious from the sidewalk. When I walked in I pretty much squealed with delight – oh my what a store! I want to buy [...]

The Slow Beings are another artist on amazing label Hidden Shoal recordings – for those of you who don’t remember the entry where we gave links to their free compilation albums, here it is. They are launching their album (we know why the earth moves) tomorrow! At 8 pm on saturday the 28th of June [...]

Atlas Divine has recently gone through a makeover – the owners being inspired by a trip to Bangkok have redecorated. So not only do they stock amazing and unique jewelery, clothing and accessories from australian designers, the store also looks fantastic. Located in Leederville. Check it out! Atlas Divine 121 Oxford Street, Leederville 6007 P: [...]

David Jones has THE best.vegan.chocolate.range.ever. Do you know why? Because good dark chocolate is ALWAYS vegan. Cheap dark chocolate has butter or milk in it, but by definition dark chocolate is not supposed to have milk or butter or animal products in it. I will give you an example of fine vegan chocolate that david [...]

Ok so I’m a bit late with this but hey. It has to be said, better now than never. I’m a big fan of these guys, ever since I saw them at the big day out ’07. So when I saw them playing with Little Birdy in Forrest Chase early last year, I bought their [...]

The Tigers’ newest release ‘Beautiful Forest’ is an oh so delicious cake. Songs firmly grounded in twiny guitar and complimented by brass make up the majority of the tracks, but in no way does this limit the artists’ capacity for a large spectra of variety in both the subject matter and tone of each slice [...]

Living in Perth, the opportunity to tick an artist off of any “Bands to See Before I Die” list happens quite rarely, with Summer festivals the main opportunity to see acts not played on commercial radio. But in the same week, Indie ‘royalty’ Interpol and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah each played to a packed [...]

I must admit I have never been to an event by RTRfm but I look forward to this one – a celebration of talented indie bands. Gonna be held in the Somerville Auditorium at UWA, ringed by pine trees so it should be lovely. Tickets up for $25 – get them at 78′s, concert on [...]

Oh yeah, another awesome store from the William street collective. Upon walking in, my first impression was ‘hey, there aren’t much clothes’, however I soon fell head over heels in love with this charming shop – there are so many wonderful, and utterly delightful little things littered about the store. It’s steeped in local culture, [...]

All the small independent stores on William Street have banded together to form the William Street Collective – stores including Fi & Co, Harry Highpants (whom we visited in an earlier entry), Lala Orange, Mayday, Red Stripe and Stokey Dokes to name a few. They’re also releasing a quarterly called The Loop – find the [...]

Snowman are ours – a Perth band through and through. Though they haven’t really done any shows for a while now and we haven’t heard from them much at all recently, word is they’re working on their new album, set to be finished by the end of January (?) – well don’t take it from [...]

Eleventh he reaches london is a critically acclaimed Perth band who mix together post-rock and post-hardcore to form epic pieces of music that take your breath away. But! don’t just take my word for it: “Now that I had witnessed 50 minutes of perfection, I found it hard to believe Coheed & Cambria could come [...]

The Necks are back in Australia after a brilliant sold out European tour – and no wonder. These guys make awesome music and I cannot stress that enough. If you can get your hands on their album Townsville, you will not regret it. 58 minutes worth of ecstasy – it’s just one long piece of [...]

Dosh! I love saying that name. And I love listening to this band’s music. Or rather, the music of Martin Dosh. They recently had a show at the Rosemount in Perth (which I unfortunately missed, was apparently good though – review here) along with Andrew Bird and supported by Perth act Fall Electric. Anyway, a [...]